Food for nems!! What do you feed your nems and how often?

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I feed my nems a piece of silver side every 3 days , but I'm curious as to what everybody else is feeding the nems in the home reefs.?

 

[james1990]

I give mine a slice of silverside as well. I soak it up in Vita chem as well.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I give mine a slice of silverside as well. I soak it up in Vita chem as well.

Really ? Any noticeable results?? That sounds good!

 

[Flushtown Reefer]

i give mine table shrimp twice a week.. where do i get silversides and is that what they are called in the stores.. i went to an asian market looking for them once but couldn't find them

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Actualy if you go to fish town USA on northern blvd you can buy the iqf silversides in a large container for like 5 bucks , the are individually frozen so you don't end up with a brick of fish that will become annoying to chisel off pieces !!

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

stay away from silversides they are bony and can puncture the skin on a nem while digesting. Anemones dont usually get a whole fish. Most small chunks of whatever floats by.

Stick to salmon, mysis, clam, squid. Better safe then sorry.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

stay away from silversides they are bony and can puncture the skin on a nem while digesting. Anemones dont usually get a whole fish. Most small chunks of whatever floats by.

Stick to salmon, mysis, clam, squid. Better safe then sorry.

Wow , never thought of that!!! Good info , I gotta change my mode here!!

 

[Euroreefer]

Ive always fed them silversides with no issues...I would also feed pellets.

 

[prattreef]

I keep RBTA's only and this would not apply to all anemone species, but I NEVER feed them anything directly. They catch some stuff that the fish miss ( I feed my fish well) and on occasion the female maroon clown will grab an extra chunk and feed its host---or so it seems at least. You've all likely seen or seen pics of the tank--the RBTAs are huge and split often.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Oh really what pellets??

 

[Euroreefer]

Spectrum/ Hikari or just about any pellet that sinks, they wrap it up quick, and it doesnt foul the water as much as a live/ dead fish would.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Hey randy can u please post a pic of the nem tank on this thread , I have only seen it once , over 2 years ago.... Please !!!

 

[Flushtown Reefer]

Learned something new. Never knew bones can hurt a nem.. I used to feed mines a small live minnow once a week. glad i didn't kill it

 

[al0ha]

I feed them tiger prawn chunks

 

[prattreef]

Hey randy can u please post a pic of the nem tank on this thread , I have only seen it once , over 2 years ago.... Please !!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_OTk9fV3j1o

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Yeah that's what I'm talking about!!! Thanks for that video that was great !!

 

[jf2381]

I feed my nems shrimp....occasionally. I noticed that after feeding silverside they would deflate for a few days or until they spit out the partially digested remains. I have since stopped feeding silversides and have not noticed any defaltions.

 

[al0ha]

mine deflates regardless. i dont think the type of food matters, its just digestion

 

[jf2381]

really? to the extent that it looks all shriveled up?

 

[al0ha]

yeah, the insides out and looks like its about to die.